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A groundbreaking show reveals the evolution of art made from pixels, not paint. A still fromFlower, one of the games available to play at the exhibition. Photograph Smithsonian American Art Museum. Since The Art of Video Games is a groundbreaking, genre-busting show, it seemed appropriate to try something new when attempting to review it. With that in mind, we sent two writers to the media preview yesterday: associate arts editorSophie Gilbert, who regularly reviews art exhibitions for Washingtonian.com, and assistant editorMichael Gaynor, who writes about science and technology (and has much greater insights into video games than Gilbert, whose expertise is limited toTetristhe Game Boy version)....(read more)